by MBC News | Mar 7, 2014
A technology conference at the Dakota Dunes casino promises to have some northern flavour to it. On Monday the Keewatin Career Development Corporation is hosting a major gathering of government officials and industry reps. The group will be discussing issues like...
by MBC News | Mar 7, 2014
A three-year study is about to begin involving cancer surveillance systems in Saskatchewan, particularly those used by Aboriginal organizations. The English River First Nation and Ochapowace First Nation are participating in a project designed to address cancer rates...
by MBC News | Mar 7, 2014
If you are looking for work, Saskatchewan is still the best place in Canada to find employment. The latest job numbers indicate the province hit record levels for the month of February with full-time employment up more than 8,000 jobs from a year ago. Off reserve...
by MBC News | Mar 6, 2014
The jury at a coroner’s inquest in La Ronge has concluded that Walter Clinton McKenzie’s death was an accident. After deliberating for an hour and a half, the six jurors told coroner Robert Kennedy that in their opinion, no one intentionally caused the...
by MBC News | Mar 6, 2014
An election is planned for Metis Local 21 in Ile A’la Crosse. Board member Dorothy DuBrule says the vote is needed because the group has been largely dormant for the past couple of years. “There’s been a Metis local for a number of years, since the 70’s I...
by MBC News | Mar 6, 2014
An Indigenous environmentalist says he thinks energy companies are adopting a new tactic in the fight to win the hearts and minds of the Canadian public. Arthur Manuel works with the environmental group, Defenders of the Land and is also a member of the Indigenous...
by MBC News | Mar 6, 2014
The water is back on in Meadow Lake. Yesterday crews were successful in repairing a broken water-main that had shut off the taps throughout the city and area. The city says it will take at least a week for the water system to run normally though, so everyone is asked...
by MBC News | Mar 5, 2014
An RCMP constable says he wishes he had insisted that a Brabant Lake man stay at the hospital, instead of taking him away for a night in the La Ronge drunk tank. Cst. Wayne Wagner’s recorded testimony was played for the jury at a coroner’s inquest into the...
by MBC News | Mar 5, 2014
BHP Billiton says it wants to engage, encourage and employ as many aboriginal people as it can at its Jansen Lake Potash project. The company’s asset president, Alex Archila made the commitment during an address to the Canadian council for Aboriginal Business at the...
by MBC News | Mar 5, 2014
There’s a new chief at the Birch Narrows Dene Nation. A few days ago challenger John-Paul Sylvester defeated incumbent leader Robert Sylvester to win the title. He’ll now serve a four-year term. Joining him on council are three new faces. They include Doreen Morin,...
